Sustainability and Impact Manager in London

Climate Asset Management is an independent investment firm co-owned by HSBC Asset Management and Pollination. Our purpose is to secure a more climate-resilient, nature-positive and inclusive world through bold, scalable nature-based investment solutions.

We have assembled a highly motivated, multinational and multilingual team, reflecting our four core values:

• Passion: Helping our clients achieve their objectives and using our collective energy and expertise to help solve the big issues of the day.
• Integrity: Doing the right thing and holding ourselves accountable.
• Ambition: Aspiring to the highest quality standards and seeking to evolve and improve continually.
• Inclusiveness: Prioritising diversity, equality and inclusion, collaborating widely for breakthrough ideas and systemic change.

We have two investment strategies with three active funds:

• A Natural Capital Fund, investing in sustainable agriculture, forestry and environmental assets in developed economies.
• A Nature Based Carbon Fund, offering access to global nature-based carbon projects in developing economies that generate high integrity carbon credits.
• Our Carbon Nature Fund, managed on behalf of Apple’s Restore Fund, combines the financial returns of the Natural Capital Fund with the impact of the Nature Based Carbon Fund.

We are currently looking for a Sustainability and Impact Manager to join our team in the UK. In this role, you will be an integral part of the Sustainability, Risk and Compliance Team and help us to continuously improve and operationalise our Sustainability and Impact Management System across the Platform.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Day-to-day responsibility for the sustainability function reporting to the MD Sustainability, Risk and Compliance.
• Lead continuous improvement and rollout of CAM’s Sustainability and Impact Management System and governing policies across the Business.
• Support investment teams to carry out due diligence of investment opportunities against CAM’s and the relevant product’s reference standards and requirements.
• Support the Asset Management Team and local project managers to develop and implement sustainability and impact plans.
• Lead on Fund sustainability and impact performance reporting.
• Support corporate sustainability and impact reporting.
• Conduct site visits during due diligence and ad-hoc visits during the asset management phase.
• Work closely with the Compliance, Risk and Asset Management Functions in response to incidents and grievances.
• Support the Capital Solutions Team on fundraising.
• Carry out sustainability and impact training and onboarding for CAM employees and partners.
• Track and interpret evolving sustainability and ESG regulations and industry standards.

Who we’re looking for:

• 7+ years’ Sustainability/ESG experience in an alternative investments or advisory firm.
• Real assets experience (essential); agriculture and forestry asset class experience (highly desirable).
• Deep understanding of environmental and social risk and impact management standards and norms.
• Proven track record conducting environmental and social due diligence for real assets projects.
• Experience developing environmental and social management and monitoring plans.
• Knowledge of ESG regulatory frameworks, including EU SFDR, the EU Taxonomy and UK SDR, desirable.
• Willingness to travel internationally at regular intervals.
• Experience managing a team and developing team members’ skills.
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within agile, diverse and dynamic global teams.
• Competent user of Geographic Information Software (GIS) desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Undergraduate degree; relevant sustainability or ESG qualification(s).

Climate Asset Management is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.